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1 online resource (538 pages) |
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score |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; LIBRETTO; OVERTURE; ACT I; Akt 2; ACT 3; APPENDIX. |
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Meyerbeer's first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, has a libretto by the German academic Alois Schreiber, based on a Biblical theme taken from chapters 11-12 of the Book of Judges. The story centres on the vow the ancient Israelite Judge made to God in return for victory over the enemy: ""If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious ... I will offer him up for a burnt offering"". The first person he was fatefull ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. |
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Jephthah (Biblical judge)
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Jephthah (Biblical judge) |
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Operas -- Scores.
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Operas -- Scores. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Electronic books.
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Scores.
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Scores.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Starr, Mark.
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Print version: Letellier, Robert Ignatius. Giacomo Meyerbeer : Jephtas Gelübde (Jephtha's Vow) - Vocal/Piano Score. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 9781443832205 |
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9781443870245 (electronic book) |
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1443870242 (electronic book) |
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9781443832205 |
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